Showing posts with label World Series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Series. Show all posts
Thursday, 29 October 2026
Saturday, 24 October 2026
Saturday, 17 October 2026
SOURCE SPORTS: BREWERS DETHONE DODGERS WITH NLCS SWEEP, PUNCH FIRST WORLD SERIES IN 44 YEARS
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ dreams of a historic World Series three-peat came crashing down Thursday night at Dodger Stadium, where the Milwaukee Brewers completed one of the most emphatic postseason statements in recent memory. Behind a relentless comeback, timely home runs and another dominant bullpen performance, Milwaukee erased a four-run deficit to defeat Los Angeles 6-4 in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series, sweeping the two-time defending champions and securing the franchise’s first World Series appearance since 1982.
For a Dodgers organization that has spent years establishing itself as the National League’s premier powerhouse, the elimination was more than another disappointing October exit. It was a stunning reversal of fortune against the same Milwaukee club Los Angeles swept out of the NLCS just one year earlier.
The Dodgers appeared determined to avoid elimination early, jumping ahead 4-0 in the second inning. Andy Pages delivered an RBI single before Shohei Ohtani finally broke out of his postseason power drought with a towering three-run home run. The blast, Ohtani’s first since August 18, electrified the Dodger Stadium crowd and briefly suggested that Los Angeles might have enough fight left to extend the series.
Milwaukee had other plans.
The Brewers began chipping away in the fourth inning when Jake Bauers delivered a two-run double, cutting the deficit in half. An inning later, Milwaukee loaded the bases and continued applying pressure, with Bauers drawing a bases-loaded walk that tied the contest at four. The comeback demonstrated the same patient, fundamentally sound approach that helped Milwaukee finish the regular season with Major League Baseball’s best record at 103-59.
The decisive blow came in the sixth inning when Garrett Mitchell launched a go-ahead solo home run off Dodgers reliever Tanner Scott, giving Milwaukee its first lead of the night at 5-4. David Hamilton added insurance with a solo shot in the ninth, providing the Brewers with a two-run cushion heading into the final three outs.
While the offense supplied the comeback, Milwaukee’s bullpen made certain there would be no Hollywood ending for the defending champions. JoJo Romero earned the victory, and left-hander Aaron Ashby delivered a remarkable three-inning save, shutting down the Dodgers’ final opportunities to keep their season alive.
When Jackson Chourio secured the final out in left field, Milwaukee’s dugout emptied onto the Dodger Stadium diamond in celebration of a National League pennant that had eluded the franchise for more than four decades.
Bauers, whose contributions throughout the series proved instrumental in Milwaukee’s offensive success, earned NLCS Most Valuable Player honors after driving in six runs during the four-game sweep. His emergence as a postseason difference-maker epitomized a Brewers roster that repeatedly found production from players outside baseball’s traditional superstar conversation.
The sweep was particularly remarkable because Milwaukee trailed at some point in all four games, yet never allowed Los Angeles to finish the job. The Brewers opened the series with a 2-1 victory at American Family Field, followed with a 7-4 win in Game 2 and took complete control with a 6-2 triumph in Game 3 before Thursday’s comeback completed the humiliation.
For Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, the series exposed offensive inconsistencies that proved impossible to overcome despite a roster loaded with former MVPs, All-Stars and some of the game’s highest-paid players. Los Angeles finished the NLCS just 5-for-43 with runners in scoring position, a staggering .116 average that illustrated its inability to produce timely hits when games were hanging in the balance.
Even Ohtani’s three-run blast in the elimination game couldn’t rescue a lineup that repeatedly failed to capitalize on scoring opportunities. The Dodgers held leads in all four contests but couldn’t secure a single victory against a Milwaukee team that executed more consistently when the pressure intensified.
The result also raises legitimate questions about the balance of power in the National League. Los Angeles entered the postseason pursuing a third consecutive World Series championship, an accomplishment no Major League franchise has achieved since the New York Yankees won three straight titles from 1998 through 2000. Instead, the Dodgers were sent home by a smaller-market organization that relied on player development, situational hitting, aggressive baserunning and bullpen depth to overcome one of baseball’s most expensive rosters.
Under manager Pat Murphy, Milwaukee has built a team whose identity revolves around collective execution rather than individual star power. That philosophy carried the Brewers through a 103-win regular season and ultimately through the National League’s defending champions without suffering a single NLCS defeat.
The accomplishment carries even greater historical significance for Milwaukee, which last reached the Fall Classic in 1982, when Hall of Famers Robin Yount, Paul Molitor and Rollie Fingers helped lead the franchise to its first American League pennant. Those Brewers eventually fell to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.
Forty-four years later, Milwaukee has captured its first National League pennant and will enter the World Series with an opportunity to claim the franchise’s first championship.
The Brewers will now await the winner of the American League Championship Series between the Cleveland Guardians and Tampa Bay Rays. Game 1 of the World Series is scheduled for October 23, with Milwaukee holding home-field advantage after finishing with the best regular-season record in baseball.
For Los Angeles, the offseason arrives much earlier than anticipated, along with difficult questions about how a championship-caliber roster failed to win even one game in the NLCS. The Dodgers will undoubtedly remain contenders, but their aura of postseason invincibility has taken a significant hit.
For Milwaukee, the conversation has shifted from whether the Brewers could challenge the Dodgers’ dominance to whether they can finish the job and bring a World Series championship to Wisconsin for the first time in franchise history.
The Dodgers’ three-peat is officially dead. Their National League reign has been interrupted, and the Brewers have taken the pennant with authority.
Now, the Brew Crew is four victories away from baseball immortality.
- Sha Be Allah
Tuesday, 28 October 2025
MLB: DODGER'S BEAT BLUE JAYS IN 18-INNING WORLD SERIES EPIC
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| Oct 27, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) celebrates with teammates after hitting a walk off home run against the Toronto Blue Jays in the eighteenth inning during game three of the 2025 MLB World Series at Dodger Stadium. Photo: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images |
LOS ANGELES - Freddie Freeman delivered a walk-off home run in the 18th inning to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays late on Monday in a game that tied for the longest in World Series history.
The 18 innings tied the mark set by the Dodgers and Boston Red Sox in 2018 and the game was the second longest in a World Series by duration, lasting almost six hours and 40 minutes.
The win gave hosts Los Angeles a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
"It's one of the greatest World Series games of all time," manager Dave Roberts said. "I'm spent emotionally ... fortunately for the Dodgers we got Freddie Freeman on our team."
Freeman, who also delivered a walk-off grand slam in last year's World Series against the New York Yankees, homered off Brendon Little to send Dodger Stadium wild.
The first baseman became the first player in Major League Baseball history with multiple career World Series walk-off home runs. He also joined an exclusive group of just four players to hit multiple walk-off homers in the postseason.
OHTANI DOES IT AGAIN
Shohei Ohtani added another chapter to his storied career, reaching base nine times, a postseason record, with two home runs, two doubles and five walks, four of them intentional.
"I get it. He's the best player on the planet," Roberts said.
The Japanese player, who is set to pitch in Tuesday's Game Four, tied Corey Seager's Dodgers record of eight home runs in a single postseason.
"What matters is that we won," Ohtani said. "I want to go sleep as soon as possible so I can get ready."
Rookie right-hander Will Klein, the Dodgers' 10th pitcher, threw four shutout innings to earn the win.
"I love the way we played," Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. "Every single player had the right intentions. There's a lot to digest, but I couldn't feel as good as I do right now about the way they went about it."
After almost seven hours of baseball, Roberts summed up the mood best.
"Guys will do anything to win a championship and they're laying it out there."
- Reuters
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
Saturday, 18 October 2025
WHY YOU SHOULD ALREADY BET ON THE OOS ANGELES DODGERS TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES
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| Jul 22, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts (50) in the dugout prior to the first inning of the game against the Minnesota Twins at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images |
Half of the World Series matchup is set as the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled off a four-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS.
The Dodgers are waiting for their opponent, who they can know as soon as Sunday. The Seattle Mariners pulled away from the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday, 6-2, to take a 3-2 series advantage in the ALCS.
Game 6 takes place on Sunday night in Toronto as the Jays not only try to save their season, but also grab their first home win of the series.
We’ll look at two plays to jump ahead of the World Series next week. Remember to monitor the odds throughout the day, as the props and totals market is constantly changing.
Here are two free MLB picks for Saturday, October 18.
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Dodgers to beat Mariners (+105)
Mookie Betts - World Series MVP (+1800)
DODGERS TO BEAT MARINERS (+105 AT DRAFTKINGS)
The Dodgers are -185 favorites to win the World Series at DraftKings, but you can grab better odds if you believe they’ll face the Mariners.
Seattle has two shots to win at Toronto, where they are already 2-0 in the ALCS. Also, the M’s have better starting pitching options in the final two games with Logan Gilbert and George Kirby likely in line to take the ball.
The Dodgers own home-field advantage in the World Series and will have the four-headed starting pitching monster of Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow, and Shohei Ohtani to turn to.
It’s better to jump on this exact World Series result before Sunday as opposed to laying a huge price if you think the Dodgers will win their second straight title.
MOOKIE BETTS - WORLD SERIES MVP (+1800 AT DRAFTKINGS)
There are several attractive choices on the Dodgers to win World Series MVP. But first, let’s eliminate some options.
There has never been a player that has won consecutive World Series MVP awards, so it likely means Freddie Freeman (+900) won’t duplicate last October’s performance of four home runs and 12 RBIs.
Since 2009, only two pitchers have won MVP — San Francisco’s Madison Bumgarner in 2014 and Washington’s Stephen Strasburg in 2019. So it’s hard to back Snell (+1500), Yamamoto (+3000), and Glasnow (+15000).
Ohtani is the betting favorite at +200, coming off an incredible performance in the NLCS clincher against Milwaukee, hitting three home runs and picking up a victory on the mound.
Everything resets in the World Series, but Ohtani was 6-for-38 in the playoffs before his incredible performance in Game 4. Also, the number is too short to bet when there is more value elsewhere.
Now we get to Betts, who led the Dodgers through the first three rounds with 12 hits. He sits at 18/1 odds, which is a nice payout and someone who has a realistic chance to win this award.
Freeman exploded in last season’s World Series, starting with his walk-off grand slam in Game 1 against the Yankees. Betts still managed five hits and four RBI in the series victory, marking the third time in his career that he has picked up at least five hits in the World Series.
- KEVIN ROGERS
MARINERS ON VERGE OF FIRST WORLD SERIES TRIP AFTER PIVOTAL GAME 5 WIN OVER BLUE JAYS
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| Seattle Mariners' Eugenio Suárez celebrates after hitting a grand slam home run during the eighth inning in Game 5 of baseball's American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) |
SEATTLE (AP) — Eugenio Suárez hit a go-ahead grand slam after Cal Raleigh’s tying drive in a five-run eighth inning, giving the Seattle Mariners a 6-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday and a 3-2 lead in the American League Championship Series.
Suárez also homered in the second inning for Seattle’s first run. The Mariners became the first home team to win in the series and moved within a victory of the first World Series trip for a franchise that started play in 1977.
Game 6 is at Toronto on Sunday night.
“For our fans, they’ve waited a long time for this moment and we’re here to give it to them. We’re here to fight for a World Series,” Suárez said.
Raleigh, a switch-hitting catcher who led the major leagues with 60 home runs during the regular season, was hitting right-handed for the first time in the series when he led off the eighth by pulling a 2-0 changeup from loser Brendon Little.
The 348-foot drive rose 155 feet above the field on a high arc and had a 6.7-second hang time before it dropped over the left field wall at T-Mobile Park, 348 feet from the plate. Raleigh’s fourth homer of the postseason tied the score 2-2.
“Obviously it was really high, so you never know in this building,” Raleigh said. “Luckily today the roof’s closed.”
Jorge Polanco and Josh Naylor walked, and Seranthony Domínguez relieved and hit Randy Arozarena with a pitch.
Suárez fouled off a 2-2 fastball, then hit an opposite-field drive to right, and the ball landed several rows into the seats for his fourth slam this season.
“Obviously, this is the biggest home run of my career,” Suárez said.
Suárez, who had put Seattle ahead in the second against Kevin Gausman, entered the game in a 6-for-50 slump. He was acquired from Arizona at the trade deadline, finished the regular season with 49 homers and has three in the playoffs.
“I’ve been waiting for this for a long time,” Suárez said. “It’s been a while (since) I’ve had a game like this today. It was awesome being to hit that grand slam there to give the win to my team, to the fans. They’ve been here supporting us all year long.”
Seattle’s Bryce Miller was pitching shutout ball when he was removed after allowing Addison Barger’s leadoff single in the fifth, and George Springer hit an RBI double off Matt Brash.
Springer left in the seventh when he was hit on the right kneecap by a 95.6 mph sinker from Bryan Woo.
“He’s got a right knee contusion. He had X-rays, which were negative, which is a good thing.,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “George is about as tough as they come. I think he’ll have to really, really be hurting to not be in the lineup on Sunday.”
Pitching for the first time since Sept. 19 after recovering from pectoral tightness, Woo allowed Ernie Clement’s go-ahead single in the sixth.
Toronto wasted many chances, going 2 for 11 with runners in scoring position.
Raleigh turned only the second 2-3 grounded double into play in postseason history when Clement tapped the ball onto the plate with the bases loaded and one out in the fourth inning. Raleigh grabbed the ball with a foot on the plate for a forceout, then threw to first.
Up next
Rookie RHP Trey Yesavage, who started Game 2 of both the AL Division Series, will start for the Blue Jays in Game 6. The Mariners scored five runs off the 22-year-old on Monday.
Wednesday, 6 November 2024
DODGERS' SHOHEI OHTANI HAS AHPULDER SURGERY AFTER DISLOCATION
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| Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani holds his arm after being injured while trying to steal second base during Game 2 of the World Series against the New York Yankees on Oct. 26.Godofredo A. Vásquez / AP |
Shohei Ohtani underwent shoulder surgery Tuesday to repair a labrum tear sustained during the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced, adding that they expect him to be ready for spring training.
Ohtani suffered what the Dodgers initially described as a subluxation -- or slight dislocation -- of his left shoulder on an attempted steal of second base in Game 2 of the World Series on Oct. 26. He then played the next three games at Yankee Stadium in noticeable pain, wincing after some of his swings and recording just one hit in 11 at-bats while Los Angeles clinched the championship.
Before the injury, the Dodgers were hoping Ohtani could restart his throwing program earlier than usual this offseason in anticipation of him returning to a two-way role in 2025. It is unclear how this surgery, performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles, might impact the timing of that, but it was done on Ohtani's non-throwing shoulder.
Ohtani was throwing his regularly scheduled bullpen sessions, the last step in his rehabilitation from a second major elbow surgery, leading up to the time when he was injured.
The last time the Dodgers won the World Series, in 2020, Cody Bellinger suffered a similar injury while celebrating with Enrique Hernandez and underwent labrum surgery that November. Bellinger was in the lineup for Opening Day in 2021, though his offensive numbers dropped dramatically over the next two seasons.
However, Bellinger injured his right shoulder, which he leads with when hitting. Ohtani injured his back shoulder, considered to be less of an issue in the batter's box.
- Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff Writer
Monday, 4 November 2024
Thursday, 31 October 2024
12 ARRESTED, L.A. BUS SET ON FIRE FOLLOWING WORLD SERIES WIN
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| A Los Angeles Metro bus was set on fire during celebrations following the Dodgers' World Series victory. Mario Tama/Getty Images |
A dozen arrests were reported by Los Angeles police early Thursday after crowds took to the streets following the Dodgers' World Series win.
Video showed some people throwing objects at police in Los Angeles as sirens blared and officers told them to leave the area after the Dodgers defeated the Yankees in Game 5 in New York. A bus was set on fire, and some in the crowd were seen breaking into stores.
There were some "unruly, and at times violent and hostile celebrations," with several acts of vandalism, including the burning of a Metropolitan Transit Authority bus, Los Angeles police spokesperson Officer Drake Madison said in an email.
"Metro is disappointed and angered by the senseless act of vandalism on one of our buses following the Dodgers World Series Win earlier this evening," the transportation agency said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times.
Arrests were on charges such as failure to disperse, receiving stolen property and commercial burglary, Madison said.
There were also several instances of street takeovers downtown and police used less-lethal munitions to control several hostile and violent crowds, Madison said. In the coming days, detectives will attempt to identify those responsible for crimes, he said.
Other video showed revelers standing on top of a bus waving a Dodgers banner and people leaving a boarded-up store with sneakers. It wasn't known if anyone was hurt.
The Dodgers plan to commemorate their World Series championship Friday with a downtown parade followed by a celebration at Dodger Stadium. The team said Wednesday that, because of logistics, traffic and timing, fans won't be able to attend both events.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
- ESPN News Services
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
YANKEES WIN GAME 4 OF WORLD SERIES WITH 'BIG HIT' BY ANTHONY VOLPE
NEW YORK -- For about two hours Tuesday night, the most surreal moment in Anthony Volpe's life happened in the third inning of Game 4 of the World Series.
The New York Yankees' homegrown shortstop in every sense, a lifelong Yankees fan who lived on the Upper East Side before his family moved across the Hudson to New Jersey when he was in the fourth grade, supplied his club with the oxygen it needed while facing elimination.
It came in the form of a grand slam off Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Daniel Hudson -- a 107.6 mph missile that landed a few rows beyond the left-field wall at Yankee Stadium -- that gave the Yankees a lead they wouldn't relinquish in an 11-4 rout to cut their series deficit to 3-1. Fifteen years after attending the Yankees' last World Series parade in 2009, back when he was 8 years old and his teeth were less straight, he was on the field starring in pinstripes in the World Series.
Nothing could top it. And then, about two hours later, something did.
"VOL-PE! VOL-PE! VOL-PE!"
The chants originated with the Bleacher Creatures before spreading to the rest of the building with one out in the ninth inning. They echoed while Volpe stood at shortstop. That moment, he said, surpassed the grand slam.
"No. 1," Volpe said. "Definitely No. 1."
The Yankees were desperate for a breakthrough blast after scoring seven runs in the first three games of this clash of coastal titans. They failed to capitalize on scoring opportunities in the three losses, pushing themselves to the brink after having not held a lead since Nestor Cortes surrendered the walk-off grand slam in Game 1.
It looked like it would be more of the same early Tuesday, when Freddie Freeman swatted a laser over the short porch in right field for a two-run homer, extending his streak of World Series games with a home run to a record six. The swing deflated the sellout crowd. The Yankees then wasted two scoring opportunities in the first two innings. The script was familiar.
The Yankees left two runners stranded in the first inning. Then in the second, Volpe's decision to tag up on a ball Austin Wells hit off the wall in center field might have cost a run. Instead of Wells legging out a triple, Volpe advanced just 90 feet and Wells settled for a double. Alex Verdugo scored Volpe on a groundout, but that was the only run the Yankees produced.
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| Anthony Volpe said his Game 4 experience was one he envisioned "probably every night" growing up. "It is pretty crazy to think about," Volpe said. "It's my dream, but it was all my friends' dreams, all my cousins' dreams, probably my sister's dream too." Sarah Stier/Getty Images |
"That's completely on me," said Volpe, who finished 2-for-4 with a walk and three runs scored. "It's not a hard read, one we practice, one that Little Leaguers make."
Volpe avenged his blunder with the most important swing of his life in the third inning. Hudson, the second reliever the Dodgers deployed for their scheduled bullpen day, hit Aaron Judge with a pitch, yielded a single to Jazz Chisholm Jr. and walked Giancarlo Stanton to load the bases. After Anthony Rizzo popped out, Volpe came to the plate with two outs looking for a fastball. But he recognized the spin on Hudson's slider after striking out against him in Game 3 and pounced, igniting the building and altering the trajectory of the series.
"I think I pretty much blacked out as soon as I saw it go over the fence," Volpe said.
It was the Yankees shortstop's first career postseason home run and the first World Series grand slam by a Yankee since Tino Martinez blasted one in Game 1 in 1998 against the San Diego Padres. Volpe, at 23 years and 184 days old, became the youngest Yankee with a grand slam in the World Series since Mickey Mantle in 1953.
"One thing about us is we love history and we love to make history. So, for us, we're out here trying to make history right now."
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
"That big hit, we've been looking for it," Verdugo said. "It happened and it just felt like a big exhale in the dugout, and everybody could play and free easy again, and just worry about adding on and keeping the lead."
The Dodgers sliced the lead to one with two runs, both charged to Luis Gil, in the fifth inning, but New York's bullpen stymied them from there. Five Yankees relievers held L.A. without a hit over the final four innings while the offense worked against the Dodgers' slew of relievers.
Wells, who entered the night 4-for-43 with 19 strikeouts in the postseason, crushed a solo home run to the upper deck in the sixth inning. Two innings later, the Yankees finally busted the game open with a five-run outburst, fueled by Gleyber Torres' three-run home run, while forcing Dodgers right-hander Brent Honeywell to throw 50 pitches.
The cushion allowed Yankees manager Aaron Boone to not use Luke Weaver, the team's best reliever, for the ninth inning after the right-hander tossed 1⅓ innings, which should make Weaver available in Game 5 when the Yankees will attempt to become the first team to ever force a Game 6 after trailing 3-0 in a World Series.
"One thing about us is we love history and we love to make history," Chisholm said. "So, for us, we're out here trying to make history right now."
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| "That big hit, we've been looking for it," Alex Verdugo said of Anthony Volpe's game-changing grand slam that helped the Yankees stay alive in the World Series. Sarah Stier/Getty Images |
The Yankees still have a shot to author history, to become the second team to ever dig out from a 3-0 hole in a postseason series, because of Volpe's swing in the third inning.
To that point, Volpe was 1-for-12 with two walks and seven strikeouts in the World Series, regressing from his strong start to the playoffs. After slashing .243/.293/.657 during the regular season, the second-year shortstop batted .310 with an .804 OPS through the American League Championship Series. He was swinging harder than he did during the regular season and walking more -- eight walks in 37 plate appearances. He attributed the improvement to his work during the Yankees' four off days between the regular season and the start of the AL Division Series.
On Tuesday, the effort produced an outing he envisioned "probably every night" growing up with two moments he will never forget.
"It is pretty crazy to think about," Volpe said. "It's my dream, but it was all my friends' dreams, all my cousins' dreams, probably my sister's dream too. But winning the World Series was first and foremost by far. Nothing else compares. So, we still got a lot of work to do."
- Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff Writer
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